Here’s a roundup of today’s other search news and headlines from around the web.
Search Industry
- Google ‘Panda’ Update Kills Content Farming Jobs – InformationWeek
- Here Comes The Google Version Of Facebook “Likes” – Business Insider
- Google Raised Objections to Draft India Internet Rules – Wall Street Journal
- Google deflects PR firm’s attack of Gmail privacy – USA Today
- Random Google Bugs On Search & Maps – Search Engine Roundtable
- Stanford hosts Google, other Silicon Valley executives – San Jose Mercury News
- Why Is People Search So Lame? – PCWorld
- Happy B-day, Jeeves: As Ask.com Turns 15, A Refocus on Q&A – Forbes
- Baidu Ranks 29th in The World’s Top 100 Brands – The Next Web
- Search bodies in 3D with new anatomy site – CNET
Google I/O
- Android: momentum, mobile and more at Google I/O – Official Google Blog
- Google I/O: Everything you need to know about today’s announcements – The Next Web
- Google I/O Live Blog: Google Launches Music, Movies, “Ice Cream Sandwich” & More – ReadWriteWeb
- Foursquare Teams With Google For NFC Check-Ins Via Posters At Google I/O – TechCrunch
SEO
- Ignore SEO, GoogleBot Will Sort it All Out for You – SEO Book.com
- The Awesome List: WordPress SEO Plugins – Bruce Clay Blog
- 5 Often Surprisingly Overlooked SEO Tactics – Search Engine Journal
- Getting big links from big media sites, the fundamentals – Distilled
- Using Images for Better Linkbait – Michael Gray
- Can I flag spammy links to my site that I didn’t create? – GoogleWebmasterHelp YouTube Blog
PPC
- AdWords: Yet Another Problem With Google’s Panda Update – SEO Book.com
- More accurate traffic estimates in AdWords – Inside AdWords
- New resource library in the Google AdWords Certification Program–continuing education and sales collateral right at your fingertips – Inside AdWords
Analytics
- Google Analytics customisations you cannot live without #1 – Measuring Success
- Google Analytics customisations you cannot live without #2 – Measuring Success
Social
- Consumer Reports: Facebook has 7.5 million underage users – Los Angeles TImes
- 100,000 Facebook Apps have been leaking user data accidentally for years – The Next Web
- LinkedIn values itself at about $3 billion before IPO – Los Angeles Times
- Quora Greenlights Self-Promotion – Marketing Pilgrim
Mobile
- Apple, Google Privacy Hearing Marked By Confusion, Distractions – paidContent
- 49% of Indians only access web through mobile – The Next Web
- Our Senate testimony on protecting Android users’ privacy – Google Public Policy Blog
Video
- A Russian Titan Embraces the Web – Wall Street Journal